I prefer the stories about the swimmers at the Beijing Olympics,one of which is about Zakia Nassar. She's a 21-year-old Palestinian __
21__ Bethlehem studying dentistry in Jenin. Having had neither a __
22__ nor a chance to an Olympic-sized pool in the past year, she had no choice but to __
23__ on her own at a 12m public pool.
There is a 50-meter __
24__ in nearby Nazareth, but the Israeli government did not __
25__ her to use it.
Nassar was __
26__ to training only when she returned to her parents' home in Bethlehem, __
27__ she did so only about every two months for two days or so. __
28__ the pool is only 12 meters long.
“My parents and friends always __
29__ me, reminding me that I had to keep training if I
__30 wanted to go to the Olympics,” she said.
It was only when Nassar
__31__ China a month ago that she finally got the opportunity to swim in a 50m pool and enjoyed the
__32__ of having a coach.
When she at last took part in the Games, she swam the 50m in 31.97 seconds, a(n)
__33__ of seven seconds on her personal
__34__. Nassar said it was the most beautiful moment of her life.
She will not
__35__ on the cover of Time magazine or __
36__ millions of dollars in endorsements(捐款), but she can always say she won a race at the Olympics. For her, it wasn’t about __
37__ the other swimmers or winning a prize, but about __
38__ her own goal, __
39__ difficult. When I think things are too difficult or I get those “I-just-can’t-do-it,” I think of her. Then I realize how __
40__ the task before me really is.
小题1:
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| A. employer | B. captain | C. coach | D. master | 小题3:
| A. drill | B. educate | C. row | D. train | 小题4:
| A. pool | B. reservoir | C. lake | D. river | 小题5:
| A. admit | B. permit | C. forbid | D. restrict | 小题6:
| A. accustomed | B. controlled | C. limited | D. organized | 小题7:
| A. but | B. therefore | C. so | D. and | 小题8:
| A. Besides | B. Especially | C. Hopefully | D. Particularly | 小题9:
| A. discourage | B. encouraged | C. scolded | D. blamed | 小题10:
| A. extremely | B. merely | C. really | D. slightly | 小题11:
| A. reached for | B. attached to | C. departed from | D. arrived in | 小题12:
| A. advantages | B. honor | C. faults | D. trouble | 小题13:
| A. development | B. improvement | C. disappointment | D. movement | 小题14:
| A. worst | B. ordinary | C. best | D. average | 小题15:
| A. publish | B. broadcast | C. contain | D. appear | 小题16:
| A. receive | B. accept | C. take | D. earn | 小题17:
| A. following | B. exciting | C. inspiring | D. beating | 小题18:
| A. achieving | B. realizing | C. starting | D. winning | 小题19:
| A. wherever | B. whatever | C. whenever | D. however | 小题20:
| A. difficult | B. interesting | C. easy | D. hopeful |
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